ADDITIONAL VARIETIES. 
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E. I. a. PLUMOSUM. 
12. penna, Lowe. A plumose form raised by myself in 1887. Tips of pinna curling 
over and poiydactylous. 24 x 7 inches. 
E. I. 8 . MACROPINNULUM. 
9. lucidum, Padley. Large pinnules, and shining, pale-green fronds. 
B. 3 . a. DECOMPOSITU 1 I. 
18. pluma, Lowe. A very plumose form of Mr. Padley’s tripinnatum. Raised by 
the late Colonel Jones. 24 x 8 inches. 
19. pteron, Lo^ve. A narrow plumose form of Mr. Padley’s tripinnatum. Raised by 
the late Colonel Jones. 26X4J inches. 
20. venustum, Lowe. Raised by myself. A tripinnate divisolobe, narrowing to the 
apex. 40 x 10 inches (at base). 
B. 3 . /3. ACUTILOBUM. 
26. Germinere, Lowe. Raised by the late Colonel Jones. A distinct narrow acuti- 
lobum. Frond equal in width. Pinna so much branched as to be broader than long. 
14 x 3^ inches. 
27. invincere, Lowe. Raised by Mr. E. F. Fox. A grandly poiydactylous acuti- 
lobum. 23 x 9 inches (at base). 
28. Trevellyana, Lonue. Found in Somerset, by the late Mr. Elworthy. Pinna 
overlapping ; pinnules long, narrow, and lax. 30X9J inches. 
29. viviparum, Lowe. An acutilobum with plants along the rachis. In Mrs. Grant’s 
fernery. 16x5 inches (at base). 
B. 4. a. ROTUN DATUM. 
16. circulare, Lowe. Raised by the late Colonel Jones. Distinct, subrotund form 
with lax pinnules. 25 x 3J inches (in middle), only 2^ inches at base. 
17. exile, Lozve. Found by Mrs. Grant. A gracile- looking, conspicuously lobed 
variety, with lax pinnules. 27X9 inches (in middle), only 4 inches at base. 
B. 4. y. LACINIATUM. 
26. bellulum, Lowe. Found by Mr. Moly, in Dorset. Not unlike a narrow remoto- 
decurrens. 23X4 inches. 
27. caudatum, Loive. Raised by myself in 1887. A distinct caudate grandidens. 
16x4 inches at base, and only 1 inch near the tip. 
C. 2 . a. ANGUSTATUM. 
5. arctum, Lowe. Found at Uplyme, by Mr. Moly. A pretty, narrow, dark-green 
form, with blunt-ended, imbricate pinnules. A bird’s-nest-like habit. 
D. I. a. VARIEGATUM. 
16. autumnale, Lowe. Raised by Mr. Fitt. Not unlike Mr. Parson’s foliosum, but 
green and gold. 20 x 6 inches. 
NEPHRODIUM FILIX MAS. 
*53. Festingii, Thompson. From the South Kensington collection. 
54. revolver z, Lowe. Found by Mrs. Grant. A revolved Stableri. 29x5 inches. 
NEPHRODIUM PALEACEUM. 
41. grandescere, Lmue. A very refined yet giant form, having embossed pinnules 
Found by Mr. Moly. 52 x 10 inches in centre : only 2^ inches at base. 
42. ornamentum, Lowe. A neat variety with dense pinnae. Found by Mr. Moly 
44 x 7 inches. 
NEPHRODIUM SPINULOSUM. (Subsection dilatatum.) 
18. diversopinnulum, Lowe. Found by Mr. Moly. A distinct, pretty, very lax, 
depauperate form. 32 x 14 inches (stipes 15 inches). 
POLYPODIUM VULGARE. (Subsection semilacerum.) 
15. Tinternense, Lowe. A plumose form, obtained in 1847, on the ruins of Tintern 
Abbey, by Colonel Randall, and independently, some 30 years ago, by Mr. Cowburn. 
It is not now however to be found there. A large, graceful variety, much divided in 
the centre of the pinnae in a regular manner. 23 x 6 inches. 
The above additions increase the list as follows : — 
Pteris Aquilina .... 
Adiantum Capillus Veneris 
Asplenium adiantum nigrum 
,, filix foemina 
Scolopendrium vulgare . 
Aspidium aculeatum 
VARIETIES. 
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34 
16 
3 r 3 
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34 
Aspidium angulare . . 
Nephrodium Filix Mas 
,, paleaceum 
,, spinulosum 
Polypodium vulgare 
The number of varieties described in this Handbook is 1859. 
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